To the best of my knowledge, IBM's Workstation Gateway does
not provide for ANY data encryption of information (including userid /
password). This puts it in the same class as Telnet in terms of
security (if you're concerned). There are several third party
packages which provide much higher levels of security and user interface
than Workstation Gateway.
You can solve the encryption problem in one of two ways. You
either use a product which supports an appropriate (for you) level of
encryption or you buy a firewall product which includes a client module
that encrypts traffic between your remote users & the
firewall.
Encrypting products would include I/NET Webulator, CST Jacada, or
LANSA for the Web for example. For that matter, you could even use
Client Access for TCP/IP in conjunction with an encrypting firewall
cleint (the AS/400 firewall doesn't do this!). At that point, it
all comes down to the user interface that you want to provide to your
users (Terminal, Web html, or web java).
For more information, you can check out the AS/400 remote access
& Internet security links at:
Hope this helps!
John Myers
IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Technical Solutions
Strategic Business Systems, Inc.
300 Lake Street, Suite B, Ramsey, NJ 07446 USA
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At 08:42 AM 12/9/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 11:18 AM
>To: 'Rich Garcia'
>Subject: RE: AS400 Access from Internet
>
>Rich Send this to your buddies,
>
>The AS/400 has the Workstation GATEWAY product. I have never
used it but it
>should provide you access to the AS/400. Also the AS/400 can now
act as a
>Proxy server / firewall so you can attach the AS/400 with
confidence.
>Telnet is problably not the choice you would want to leave
open..
>It's out there , you just have to find it..
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>[ Sent: Friday, November 20, 1998 7:11 AM
>[ To: Kurt Kraszewski; Fico, Carolyn E..
>[ Subject: FW: AS400 Access from Internet
>[
>[
>[
>[
>[ -----Original Message-----
>[ From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
>[ Sent: Thursday, November 19, 1998 9:00 AM
>[ To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>[ Subject: RE: AS400 Access from Internet
>[
>[
>[ I think V4R3 now supports Virtual Private Networking
(VPN).
>[ I'm not sure if
>[ Firewall is required on IPCS or not, but that's the way to
go.
>[
>[ Art Tostaine, Jr.
>[ CCA, Inc.
>[ Parlin, NJ 08859
>[
>[
>[ > -----Original Message-----
>[ > From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
>[ > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 1998 7:32 AM
>[ > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>[ > Subject: AS400 Access from Internet
>[ >
>[ >
>[ > Company just received their 9406/170 and is interested
in
>[ > connecting to
>[ > the Internet. What they want is their remote
employees to
>[ loggon the
>[ > Internet and access the AS400 from there. That way
they
>[ don't have to
>[ > fuss with dial-up lines or accessing from clients'
sites.
>[ > I have not found much of anything that I could determine
would be
>[ > useful. If anyone could shine some light on
the
>[ > situation/references, I
>[ > would greatly appreciate it.
>[ > Thank You.
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